Narakun's voice echoed through the shrine's hollow, empty aura. She came bolting around a corner with unrealistic speed, then charged Aima, tackling her with suprising strength for such a small, almost gaunt figure.

Narakun, normally not a violent person, hauled Aima up by her scarlet seater hood, staring her in those amber, animal-like eyes.

"Explaination. NOW." she said viciously. "I'm not all that mad about the wallet thing. I can do without cash around here. But dishonesty, 'specially comin from you, is NOT TOLERABLE." said Narakun roughly, shoving her back.

She smirked, knowing that if Aima tried to turn and run, she would be face-to-face with her club of her Marowak, the fangs of her Mightyena, Houndoom, and Umbreon, the claws of her Flygon, and the scythe of her absol-- all of which surrounded them.

Narakun couldn't help but feel a bit of malicious joy as she said: "So, Koinu-Mimi, whutcha gonna do now?"

"I honestly don't know what you're talking about," she said. "I just hope that you don't mean tackling me like I did to you"

Narakun tried to keep her gaze steady, but her eyes betrayed a bit of fear as she remembered Aima's strength from previous encounters.

Narakun took back the wallet catiously, keeping her eyes on Aima. Then she opened it, looking to see how much Aima had stolen.

Suddenly, she froze. Her eyes widened, then narrowed.

I keep track of where everything of mine is, she thought. I know that my photograph was in the second pocket on the left side of my wallet. Now it's in the first. My memory has never failed me. Aimaaa....

Narakun looked up at Aima-chan, glaring. "What were you doing with this?" she said. Her body was trembling with anger.

"You're exactly right. Since we're comrades here, we should act like it. So what's with the probing? Are you literally asking me for trouble?"

Narakun's body quaked with sheer anger. Her Umbreon snarled nervously, worried and afraid for her trainer.

Narakun stepped back a few paces. "Uh, er, Aima-chaaaan... Is everything okaaay?!"

Now Narakun was shaking, not with anger, but slightly with fear. Miroku had acted very strangely, and then Aima had yelled at him -already not very typical, if Miroku really thought that something was wrong- and she scolded him in Pokemon, no less.

Also, just before Miroku's outburst, there had been a very far-away look in Aima's eyes...

Then Narakun felt something... Nothing in particular, but something wasn't right... There air smelled unnatural, and Narakun's nose had never failed her...

She shook off the feeling. We're in a shrine, for God's sake, she thought. Creepy things are supposed to happen her. Creepy things...

Narakun straightened up and said, "I suppose that you're right. But let's talk somewhere else. No need to be out here in the shrine--" she said that word with a slight shiver. "When it's getting cool and dark out here."

Narakun definetely didn't mind the shrine at all in the day, but at night, things just didn't seem right... Anywhere except for there after the sun went down.

Narakun looked embaressed. "Uh... I dunno. To be honest, I think any where but here would be fine... This place gives me the chills after sunset..." she said.

Suddenly, Takibi (her Houndoom) flinched at something, and looked around nervously. He whined pitifully and inched closer to Narakun along with her other pokemon.

That's weird, Narakun thought. Really weird. Takibi is more fearless than any of my pokemon. I've never known him to be afraid of anything...

Narakun thought for a moment, her luminous green eyes seeming to dull for a minute.

"Uh, I'm fine anywhere you wanna go. Like I said, anywhere but here. I'm starting to get this reeaally eerie feeling..." Narakun stuttered.

Narakun froze. Her heart beat faster. She was having a flashback from the depths of her memory...

She was sitting in her room, talking with Mikala cheerily as their Eevees sat in their laps, playing with each other."What do you want Mikala to evolve into, Mikala?" Narakun said. She giggled, because her twin sister had given her Eevee the same name as herself, having been a bit younger when she named it. "Oh, I dunno," said Mikala lazily. "There's almost too many choices to choose from. I've been thinking maybe Flareon or Espeon. I like 'em both a lot.""I know what I want Naraku to evolve into. I've known ever since I've had her I've known that she would become an Umbreon. I just had this feelin', ya know?" Said Narakun, smiling.The door to their room opened and--

Narakun shook her head like she had woken up from a dream. I wouldn't appreciate reliving that moment, thank you very much, she thought to herself.

A voice echoed inside her head: Stick around here and I can let you 'relive' a lot more past times than that...

Narakun looked around. She thought she saw a shadow disappear at the edge of the shrine boundaries, where it met the Harusame Forest. Okami, her Mightyena, growled in direction that she had looked, obviously having seen the shadow too.

Narakun muttered something under her breath that even her pokemon standing right next to her couldn't hear her.

Narakun walked slowly, cautiously, toward where she had seen the shadow. Something in her mind was beckoning her into the woods...

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((Umm, the only forests are Harusame and Hoki... I suppose I could add a small forest just for the shrine though...))

Aima's eyes suddenly turned to the roof of the building where she was sitting earlier. The Gengar statues holding stone balls placed on each side of the roof were gone.

The shadow Narakun had seen beckoned Narakun closer, in silent greeting.

Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice rang in Aima's head.

"OUT OF THE WAY, DAMN MORTALS!" It exlaimed, sounding as if it belonged to a man.

Without really knowing what she was doing, Aima ran forward, tackled Narakun, and landed ontop or her in the bushes, just in time to avoid a giant red Shadow Ball attack that zoomed past them, directly hitting the shadow.

"Attacked? Do you know what we just did? We just saved your miserable little lives! We guard this shrine from wondering idiots such as yourselves!" Gotenma yelled, suddenly levitating up yo Narakun's eye-level, and poking her upper chest with his finger.

"Gotenma, please, we're in a graveyard..." Soriu sighed.

She shook her head, then pulled Gotenma down back to the ground.

Gotenma, glared at her, but didn't argue.

"Perhaps a proper introduction is required." She said, eyes closed.

She then opened her bright-yellow eyes, which shimmered like gems in the darkness.

"I am Soriu, guard of the mind. And this is Gotenma, guard of the spirit. We are the guards of this shrine."

Gotenma folded his arms, and with a great "Hpmh!", he turned his back to them.

Aima looked annoyed for a moment, but then bowed respectfully to Soriu and Gotenma.

Soriu bowed back, smiling again, while Gotenma steamed off in the back.

Aima then paused for a moment.

"Uhh.....How...How'd you know my name?" She said, straightening up.

Soriu straightened herself, and looked up at Aima."We heard the whole thing. Or at least, I did." Poor Gotenma had to read your spiritual energy to know what was happening. It's not really an easy thing to do. She said, smiling.

"Well...I guess you could say that..." Narakun said. "The academy hasn't really even opened yet. We're still lookin' round for teachers who can work at the academy, but that ain't goin' so well. Just not enough people have applied yet for us to start accepting students..." Narakun said disappointedly.

Narakun seemed to have only just noticed Gotenma's reation to the name 'Henjin'.

"Well, it's a bit difficult to explain..." Soiru said. She paused for a moment to think.

Gotenma muttered something and moved farther away.

"Gotenma..." Soiru struggled for the right words. "...is...sort of... well, different. I'm not exactly sure what else to say."

Narakun suddenly noticed how late it had gotten. She always liked to stay up late, but if she had been in her dorm she probably would've been asleep by now. The moon was high in the sky, illuminating the shrine in soft, gray light.

((I actually was gonna say it was a full moon, to make it kinda cool and spooky, but I remembered that Aima doesn't do so well in the full moon, so I'll leave that descision up to you))